Latest from Christchurch earthquake

Quake hotel's damage deemed superficial after inspection
Inspections of the Christchurch's Hotel Grand Chancellor after the city's first earthquake showed damage was superficial and further structural damage was unlikely, engineers said today.

'Vulnerable' shear wall led to partial collapse of hotel
Christchurch's Hotel Grand Chancellor partially collapsed in the February quake because a "vulnerable'' shear wall supporting a considerable load failed.

Christchurch heritage buildings at risk
Christchurch faces big decisions as it tries to decide what to do with its shattered heritage buildings.

'I'm buying time just waiting to die'
Terrified Christchurch mother Leah Inwood wants to pack up her family and leave their Kaiapoi home for a safer place.

John Roughan: How long can this go on?
John Roughan asks: What else might the authorities not want a traumatised population to know?

Year in review: A day that changed Christchurch forever
February 22: 182 people dead, a cityscape devastated. Kurt Bayer looks back on the months that followed.